Rudolf Otto von Ottenfeld

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Rudolf Otto Ritter von Ottenfeld (born July 21, 1856 in Verona , † July 26, 1913 in Prague ) was a German battle and oriental painter .

Josef Mukařovský : Rudolf Otto Ritter von Ottenfeld (1890)
A glory sheet of the Austrian artillery . Army History Museum, Vienna

Life

Ottenfeld was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Professors Carl Wurzinger and KL Müller. Ottenfeld stayed in Munich (1883–1893) and Vienna (1893–1900), the painter spent the last thirteen years of his life as a professor at the Prague Academy . In 1896 he received a small gold medal at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin .

He was very interested in military motifs, so several battle paintings as well as uniform pictures - including several historical depictions - have been preserved.

Works (excerpt)

  • A glory sheet of the Austrian artillery. The army gun reserve after the battle of Königgrätz on July 3, 1866 . Oil on canvas, 1897, 194 × 289 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna.
  • Occupation campaign in Bosnia 1878: Austrian troops cross a pass in Bosnia, 1878 . Oil on wood, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Vienna
  • Border sniper and border infantryman around 1798 . Oil on cardboard, 1896, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Vienna.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Thieme (ed.), General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present. Leipzig, 1932, XXVIII, 88.
  2. ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Vienna. Verlag Styria , Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 , p. 54.

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SURNAME Ottenfeld, Rudolf Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ottenfeld, Rudolf Otto Ritter von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German battle and oriental painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Verona
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1913
Place of death Prague